Packing box or container



" A ril 30, 1929.

H. HI RSCH PACKING BOX on CONTA'INER Filed March 7, 1928 INVENTOR BY i ' ATTORNEY Patent ed Apr. 30, 1929.

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1,711,348 PATENT orrics.

I HARRY HIRSCI'I, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

PACKING Box on CONTAINER.

Application filed March 7,

This invention relates to ackin boxes or containers.

One ob ect sion of a box of the character 5 having means for strikingly geously oispl dresses, suits,

adapted nevertheless to securely of the invention is the providescribed and advantaaying the contents, such as robes or the like article and and conveniently pack such article.

A further object provision of a packing and the character comp aratively convertible ir of the invention is the display box of described which should be cheap to manufacture, easily em a packing to display box and vice versa as desired, and shall be eiiicient in operation to a high degree.

Other objects of this invention will in part be obvious and in part hereinafter pointed out.

The invention accordingly consists in the features of construction, combinations of elements, and arr angements of parts'which will be exemplified in the construction hereinafter described, and of which the scope of application will be indicated in the followin g claims.

In the accon'ipanying drawing, in which is shown one of the various possible illustrative embodiments of this invention.

Fig. 1 isa perspective view showing a box embodying this invention opened up and arranged to serve as display means for the packed contents.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing the box closed viewed from the rear end there of; and

ner. The con tents here shown for purposes of illustration is a lounging robe 12.

The recepta cle portion 11 of the box may be of any well known construction, usually made of cardboard, forming a suitably sized shallow structure for receiving neatly folded. is seen to comprise a bottom,

rear walls 11 tively. completely en A suit-ably constructed cover the robe 12 Said receptacle portion 11 side, front and 11 and 11, and 11, respec- 14 for closing the robe 12 in the re,-

ceptacle portion is provided, said cover being formed with a top wall 14, and front,

' tion 11, and when the 1928; Serial No. 259,644.

side and rear walls 14', 14 and '14, respectively. The rear wall 14 of the cover, as here shown, is secured to the rear wall 11 of the receptacle portion by any means such as staples 15 of a suitable adhesive in the well understood manner. The corner edges 16 of the cover between, the rear and. the side walls, 14 and 14, respectively, are left unattached, so that the. cover 14 may be swingabiy mounted on the receptacle portion 11 about a fold line 17 between the rear wall 14 and the top wall 14 of thecover as a hinge.

The top wall 14* of the cover has slits 18 arranged to correspond in shape to the shoulders and neck of a manikin, and slits 19 interconnecting with the slits 18 to form the portions of the top wall 14 outlined by said slits into a garment hanger 20. The wall portion forming the hanger is normally held against displacement from its alignment with remaining top wall portions by making the slits 18 and 19 discontinuous, that is, leaving one or more unsevered portions 21 between them, as is clearly shown in Fig. 2. The cover 14 thus forms a complete closure for the receptacle opening 11 so as to extend from the top coverportion forming the hanger 20 as is shown in Fig. 1.

In use the robe 12 may be folded into a neatly shaped body to fill the receptacle porcover 14 is closed shut the device forms a packing box or container. The color or pattern of the robe may be inspected without opening the cover by raising an edge portion of the hanger at the slits 18 and 19 to expose the robe as is readily understood from Fig. 2.

To convert said box into means for effectively displaying the robe 12, the cover 11 is swung open, the'unsevered portions 21 out through to inter-connect the slits 18 and 19, the hanger 2O pushed inward and the neck and shoulder portions 12*" of the robe 12 draped about the hanger. The picture 22 serves to simulate a manikin as is shown in Fig. 1. From Fig. 3'it is seen that the engagement of the hanger 20 with the robe '12 retains the cover 11 in its open position ward adjustment may be given the cover by arranging the robe portions 12 to permit the cover and hanger to be set at a desired angle sloping away from the receptacle portion 11. In this latter adjusted position the robe 12 and the portions 12" engaging about the hanger 20 will retain the cover ll against the movement from a set position.

The device 10, after having been used for display purpose may be readily reconverted into a packing box by merely disengaging the robe portion 12 from the hanger 20, refolding said robe portion into the receptacle portion 11 and closing the cover 1 shut. The hanger 20 will be pressed back into alignment with the uncut portions of the cover top. If desired a paster or gumm ed strip of paper may be applied over slits 18 and 19 to secure the hanger from movement relative the cover let, as will be readily understood.

It will thus be seen that there is provided a device in. which the several objects of this invention are achieved, and which is well adapted to meet the conditions of practical use.

As various possible embodiments might be made of the above invention, and as various changes might be made in the embodiment above set forth, it is to be understood that all matter herein set forth, or shown in the accompanying drawing is to be interpreted as illustrative and not'in a limiting sense.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. In combination a packing box having a. cover, and a folded garment in said box said cover comprising means forming part of said cover to engage with garment for displaying the latter partially unfolded when said cover is in open position.

2. A device of the character described, comprising a box having folded wearing apparel packed therein, a cover for the box, said cover having a slitted portion providing means for engaging said apparel to retain the latter partially unfolded when said cover is in open position. 7

3. In a device of the character described, a cover for a box in which wearing apparel is packed, a wall portion of the cover being formed of sheet material, fashioned to serve as a hanger, said hanger engaging with said apparel for retaining the latter in a displayed position.

4. In a device of the character described, a box cover constructed with a garment hanger adapted to engage with a portion of a folded garment packed in the box for displaying the garment, said cover having a picture simulating a portion of a wearer thereon extending about said hanger.

5. In a device of the character described,

a cover for a box in which wearing apparel is packed, a wall portion of the cover being formed of sheet material, carrying a picture portion of a wearers body, the latter being fashioned to serve as a hanger and engaging with said apparel for retaining the apparel with respect to the picture in a displayed position.

6. In combination a box. having a swing able cover, and a folded garment packed in the box, said cover having a closure portion thereof displaceable to form a hanger, said hanger engaging a portion of the garment for displaying the latter when the cover is swung open.

7. A. device of the character described, comprising a packing box having folded wearing apparel therein, a cover hinged to the box, said cover having a slitted closure wall, the slit-ted portion of said wall being displaced to form means for engaging the apparel to retain the latter partially unfolded when said cover is in open position.

8. A device of the character described, comprising a packing box having a cover and a folded garment in said box, said cover having means to engage with the garment for displaying the latter partially unfolded when said cover is in open position, said cover carrying a picture simulating a portion of a wearers body to extend from said garment engaging means.

9. A device of the character described, a box having a folded wearing apparel packed therein, a cover for the box, said cover having a wall portion thereof slitted to form means for engaging said apparel to retain the latter partially unfolded when said cover is in open position, said cover having a picture simulating a portion of a wearers body printed thereon to extend about the slitted wall portion.

10. In combination, a box having a cover formed entirely of sheet material, folded wearing apparel packed in the box, a wall of said cover having slits outlining a hanger for the apparel, said outlined wall portion being displaced and engaging with a portion of the apparel for displaying the latter, said displaced portion being adjustable for retaining the cover in a desired open position with relation to the box.

11. In combinationa box, made of sheet material, having a cover swingably attached thereto, a. folded garment packed in the box, a wall of said cover having slits outlining the shoulders and neck of a manikin, and having a picture of the latter, said slitted outlined wall portion being displaceable relative to the cover and dressed with the garment for displaying the latter with the cover open.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

HARRY HIRSCH. 

